Dodge City times., 1887-03-24

to fragments tho other day by the eXplO
sion Of quantity of dualin powder that he
held in his hand.
THE Canadian Government has decided Il
send an exploratory expedition to Huo.
sons bay this summer to ascertain whether
it is navigable or not.
HALF Of the business part Of B,ackville
s. c., was destroyed by fire the other day
loss, 500, O,OO0.
CHARLES F. FREEMAN, the Adventist, who
horribly butchered his daughter during an
insane religious spell at Pocasset, Mass, in
1883, has been discharged from the insane
asylum reported cured.
Two men were fatally and two seriously
injured in a mine near Wilkesbarrc, Pa
recently by an explosion of gas.
BY an explosion of dynamite at the watel
works near Bridgeport, Conn, the Other
day two men were killed and third badly
hurt.
A CYCLONE swept through Tampa, Fla.
on the night of the 18th, destroying sew
cral houses. Two children were killed. one
woman was fatally injured and severa
persons seriously hurt. The pecuniary los:
was about $4,000.
THE entire Government three per cent
loan will probably be e1tinguished by
June l.
A PANIC occurred at tho Roman Catholic
Church of the Nativity, Chicago, on the
18th. The church was completely crowded
All ut once there was sharp crack, fol
lowed by a grinding crash, and fully 3Oi
men, women and children were prccipitatec
ten feet, the entire platform having givcr
way. Twenty-three persons received more
iNi, Rnr
aged woman, and John Quinn, had thcil
backs broken and will die.
THE German steamer Rata, bound TO,
the Sandwich islands, burned at sea Feb
ruary Is. The crew were supposed to BE-
lost.
The Southern Cotton Seed Oil Compan,
has contracted for over a quarter Of a mil
lion dollars worth Of machinery to put in
new mills IN the South.
LAwTON Bros, of New York, carried O..
an extensive brokerage business and the
firm had been reputcd extremely wealthy
1t has developed that the concern was en-
gagged in extensive swindling, reaching, &C
cording to report, as much as Sl,N>0, ,OO
The exposure took place on the flight OF
Waiter E. Lawton, head of the firm in NeW
York.
THREE vigilantes, while engaged in whip
ping an aged woman in Rock Castle Coun-
ty, KY, recently were shot dead by un.
known parties. Great excitement existed
The woman was whipped for selling liquor.
THE New York Star says that it is official
ly announced that the syndicate which has
obtained control of the Baltimore Il Ohio
road is the one which represents tho Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Com
pany.
DIR. T. c. FORD, under sentence for man.
having been pardoncd by the
Governor of Louisiana, was released from
the parish prison on the 18th.
THE President has commissioned D.
Lynch Pringle, OF South Carolina, to be
Consul General Of the United States at
Constantinople.
THE Richmond Hotel, Buffalo, N. T.,
burst into flames early on the morning of
the 18th. Ten or twelve lives were lost
and about thirty persons were injured,
some very seriously. Many of the casual
ties occurred in jumping from windows.
The damage amounted to s4o0, 900. the build
ings adjoining the hotel being consumed by
the flames.
Two girls, students, are reported to have
been fcggcd to insensibility for their con-
nection with the nihiiist conspiracy to as
sassinate the Car.
By the proceedings before the Illinois
Supreme Court, the execution Of the
Ch cago anarchists can not take place be-
fore October even if the decision is adverse
to their appeal, as the ruling will he made
when the court meets in session in Scptcm-
ber
BISMARCK. Oak, was threatened with a
food on the 18th, caused by the breaking of
IN ice gorge. The large warehouse Of the
Northern Pacific was carried away.
CHICAGO merchants and manufacturers
have combined to resist the proposed ad-
vance in ratea to comercial travelors.
MATHEsoN & Co, of London, have offered
for public subscription $40, 900 worth of
six per cent. gold bonds OF the denomina-
ion of 81, 900 each of the Mexidan National
Railway Company at ninety-two per cent.
A SERIOUS earthquake shock was felt at
S. G., on the evening Of the
18th.
THE lonS.talked of sale of the Baltimore
Z Ohio railroad was completed on the 18th.
The Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company
purchased the property
THE recent plot to murder the Gar has
ocen laid to the door of the noted nihilist
Oegaicff, who escaped from Siberia, to
which place he had been sent for completely
n the murder of Sudeikin, chief Of police of
st. Petersburg.
THE Arkansas House has passed bill to
prevent the mortgaging of implanted crops.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
H. s. CANFIELD, reporter for the San An
tonic Express, was recently elected from
the Texas House Of Representatives by or
der of the Speaker. Garfield then had the
Speaker arrested for assault. The end was
the arrest of Garfield by order Of the
House, when he was committed to jail for
forty-eight hours for contempt. The JUS
t,ce before whom the Speaker was taken
was also arrested, the House being very in
iignant over Canfeld's presumption.
THE steamer Idlcwild col,ided with and
sank the schooner A. W. Thompson of
Winfield, L. l., recently. Three lives were
Ost.
THERE was q decrease Of Sc in the New
York clearing house returns for week ended
March 49, Other cities in the country
showed satisfactory increases.
THE town of Chautauqua, N. Y, was on
Ire on the night of the Goth, with few hopes
II saving much of the place.
THERE was . panic in the st. Nicholas
Hotel at Decatur, Ill, the other night,
caused by an accidental blaze. No great
harm was done.
THE negro miners imported into Grape
creek, ILL.,, to take the places Of strikers
lave also quit work because refused three
'ents per bushel. They had previously OBJ
aimed months provisions on credit.
TEN Mormons sent to the Detroit house
" correction from Idaho on cumulative SEN
ences have been released under the Su.
,reme Court ruling
OVER 200 Chinese gamblers were ar.
'ested in Philadelphia on the night of the
9th.
MR.. SELIGMAN, one Of the great New
ork banking firm, accidentally discharged
pistol the other day while showing it to a